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Ethnographic and Naturalist Knowledge and the “Scientific” Racialization of Indian Food and Agriculture, 16th–17th C.
This project utilizes European botanical and medical treatises, ethnographic literature including travelogues, and correspondences about Indian food a
Comparing Ancient Medical Encyclopedia: The Nineveh Medical Compendium (Mesopotamia) and the Donguibogam (Korea)
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MoreMaking Euclid Practical: The Impact of Practical Geometry on the Euclidean Tradition in the Sixteenth Century
The Elements of Euclid (third century BC) was regarded from Antiquity on as a reference work for the most fundamental aspects of arithmetic and geomet
Experience and Rational Demonstration: Sufis vs. Philosophers in Medieval Islam
In this project, I focus on the way in which Aristotelian notions of reason and experience were first translated into Arabic. During the ninth and ten
Experience of Soul and Body in the Chinese Jesuit Sciences, 1583–1683
In Jesuit psychological writings, especially from Matteo Ricci to Francesco Sambiasi, one can observe a cognitive sequence from the reception of the f
Agriculture, Soil, and Concepts of Nature in Late Ming Farming Manuals
Although many Chinese farming manuals (nongshu 農書) contain detailed information on proper methods for tilling the soil, such as plowing, harrowing, or